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Food City Pharmacy Offering Seasonal Flu Vaccine

August 27, 2019 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article Leave a Comment

ABINGDON, VA – Company officials recently announced that Food City will once again be providing the flu vaccine this immunization season.

“Food City’s immunizing pharmacists are certified to administer vaccinations in accordance with the standards set forth by the American Pharmacists Association and the corresponding state pharmacy associations. Food City has offered the added convenience of a number of affordable preventative health care options, including the immunization of thousands of patients for over a decade”, says Mickey Blazer, Food City executive vice president of pharmacy operations. 

Seasonal flu vaccine provides protection against the most common strains of influenza.  Vaccinations are available on a walk up basis at Food City immunizing pharmacies and will continue throughout flu season, based upon vaccine availability.  Visit foodcity.com for a complete list of immunizing locations. 

Food City Pharmacy will be following the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Guidelines.  While all individuals are encouraged to receive a flu shot, the CDC classifies the following individuals as High Risk for Influenza:  persons 65 or older, residents of long-term care facilities, persons 2-64 years of age with co-morbid (more than one disease) conditions, pregnant women, healthcare personnel who provide direct patient care or household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of children under 6 months of age. The CDC strongly recommends that the High Risk individuals receive a flu shot.  Food City Pharmacists can immunize individuals 14 years and older. 

Flu vaccines are available in Quadravalent or High Dose.  Insurance, including Medicare Part B will be accepted, many with a zero copay.  Other vaccines, including pneumonia and shingles shots, will be available as well.  Please consult your local Food City Pharmacy or visit foodcity.com for details.

Flu viruses are most common during the fall and winter months. Influenza activity often begins to increase in October and November. Most of the time, flu activity peaks between December and February and can last as late as May.

“Food City takes pride in serving our community and we’re proud to once again offer our loyal customers the added convenience of flu vaccinations,” said Steven C. Smith, Food City president and chief executive officer. 

Headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia, K-VA-T Food Stores (Food City’s parent company) operates 132 retail outlets (including 106 pharmacies) throughout southeast Kentucky, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee, Chattanooga and north Georgia.

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About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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